The Constitutional Court has delivered a decisive blow to efforts to challenge the legitimacy of Misuzulu kaZwelithini, dismissing an application by Mbonisi kaBhekuzulu and other royal family members seeking to overturn the monarch's recognition. The ruling effectively ends a prolonged legal battle over the Zulu throne, with the country's highest court finding no grounds to rescind its earlier decision that upheld the Supreme Court of Appeal's confirmation of King Misuzulu as the rightful amaZulu monarch.

The Constitutional Court has upheld King Misuzulu kaZwelithini's legitimacy, dismissing Prince Mbonisi Zulu's appeal against his ascendence to the throne.

The Constitutional Court has delivered a decisive blow to efforts to challenge the legitimacy of Misuzulu kaZwelithini, dismissing an application by Mbonisi kaBhekuzulu and other…